Although the Ghanaian mathematics curriculum emphasizes critical thinking as a core competence, students still appear to lack this skill. In this mixed-method study, the Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome (SOLO) taxonomy was used to assess senior high school students' thinking levels in permutation and combination. A sample of 256 males…

Background/purpose. This study aims to examine the effects of integrated board game development and cooperative learning on pre-service mathematics teachers' mathematical reasoning, conceptual understanding, creativity, and teamwork skills in Thailand. Materials/methods. Using a mixed-methods approach within the PAOR…

The study and analysis of enzymatic reactions are essential for characterizing various biological systems. As part of these procedures, it is important to understand how to quantify the biological activity of these proteins in terms of enzymatic activity. This work proposes a general equation for determining enzymatic activity based on…

The integration of cultural heritage into mathematics learning remains underexplored, particularly in the context of Indonesian traditional arts. Existing mathematics curricula often overlook the potential of local cultural artifacts to contextualize abstract mathematical concepts. This study addresses this gap by investigating the mathematical…

There is robust evidence for a causal association between spatial thinking and mathematics achievement. However, most research has been lab-based, with spatial training delivered by researchers. We present a teacher delivered, whole-class 6-week spatial training study that involved professional development for practitioners coupled with…

Many matchstick puzzles have multiple solutions and are ideal learning tasks for fostering and improving creative thinking. Nevertheless, many puzzle book authors exhibit a strange approach toward these multiple-solution puzzles. For some puzzles, the number of solutions is mentioned after puzzle formulation and these solutions are published in…

This research is motivated by low critical and creative thinking skills. Apart from that, many previous studies have looked at the effect of worksheets on critical and creative thinking skills. It is worth evaluating whether the statistical results of these studies can be trusted and reported. For this reason, this research aims to compile and…

Context/Objective: Although the positive role of a growth mindset, defined as the belief that intelligence can be developed through effort, is widely recognized in math learning (Yeager et al., 2019), meta-analysis studies (e.g., Burnette et al., 2023) have revealed that the impact of mindset interventions varies significantly across classroom…

This paper is focused on the collaborative work of two communities, one of teachers and one of researchers, during a teacher professional development program on the inquiry-based learning approach in mathematics, addressed to lower secondary school in-service mathematics teachers. We conceptualize the design of inquiry mathematics task as the…

This study aims to investigate the thinking process of primary school students when solving mathematical problems. It used a qualitative case study approach. The researcher administered a metacognitive test to 30 fifth-grade students in Yogyakarta and selected three focal participants based on their performance in planning, monitoring, and…

Understanding and accepting that many students feel alienated from the subject of mathematics supports the use of specialized approaches. This article details how one specific mathematical modeling task integrated principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to create an environment where even reluctant students felt like they belonged. The…

Socioeconomic status (SES) influences school success. Students with lower SES may face challenges that this study aims to address through instructional scaffolding. To be effective, such support needs to consider students' individual strengths and weaknesses. In this study, 321 sixth-grade students used an e-textbook about fractions. They were…

Understanding how non-numerical visual features systematically distort numerosity perception holds promise for unveiling the processes that give rise to our visual number sense. Recent studies show that increasing visual coherence systematically increases perceived numerosity, with this effect strengthening over development (DeWind et al., 2020;…

Mathematical problem-solving places heavy demands on children's developing working memory capacity. This review examines how offloading numerical information using embodied (e.g. finger counting) or external tools (e.g. manipulatives) can reduce cognitive load and improve mathematical task performance. Strategic offloading emerges in childhood;…

The Australian Curriculum suggests that students have transitioned from additive to multiplicative thinking upon entry into secondary school. However, research shows that many students are thinking additively, placing them at a disadvantage to their multiplicative thinking peers. In this paper, early findings from a broader research project…